so last night, a group of us taiko folk went to san jose airport to send off susan and ray on their wedding trip to vegas. unfortunately, their flight got cancelled, so, they were puzzled (at first) as to why joy and hiroshi were continuing to take them to the airport. finally, they figured it out, and at first, they were very cross and grumpy, especially ray. but after we sang them a song (and elise did a special dance), they cheered up a little bit.
afterwards, we all went to dinner in SJ japantown, at this hawaiian restaurant called hukilau. most of us got some alcohol (i got my usual: jameson on the rocks), and we just chilled the night away. i have to say, though, i have never been a fan of hawaiian food. i got the hukilau fried rice, kimchee style, and it was only ok. and today, at the ungodly hour of 5:30am, susan and ray took a flight (stopover in phoenix, ugh) to vegas, and they made it there ok. they get married tomorrow, with a webcast happening and everything, from the top of the stratosphere. if i am available then, i will be watching. congrats! :)
i wanted to share something that my dad wrote me yesterday in an e-mail:
"Mom and your brother (and your uncle in Houston) have their logic thinking tilted to another direction that we can not comprehend. However, we should respect each other's religion preference or involvement, even though there is something idealistic in between that we can never cross."
ah. *sigh* yes, there is a division in our family. i am not a big fan of it, to put it mildly. i wonder how this will all shake out in the end. like, what if my mom is on her deathbed, and her last wish is for me to accept jesus? what the hell am i going to do? ugh. that would be a nightmare situation. my brother once wrote in his blog that he has faith that one day, all four of us will walk into church together. wow. "family salvation" are the words that he used.
so remember that problem at work that i encountered, about our chip not supporting 1920x1200 panels? well, today, one of the software guys came up with a potential workaround. he and i talked about it, and i think his idea just might work. ah, these are the things that make me love being an engineer. i mean, for the most part, i am sick and bored and tired of my job, but these moments, few and far between, are inspiring. engineers solve problems, and when we are granted those rare "eureka!" flashes, it makes me happy. :)
i am probably going to buy some nvidia (NVDA) stock on monday, if it stays down. check out their free fall today. i think this is a prime purchasing time.
so has anyone been ticketed for not using a hands-free cell phone device? i've heard conflicting reports on how much the ticket is. the newspaper said it was around $100, but today, my coworker told me it's only $20. so which is it?
i got a sense of finiteness at my company today. we had a meeting, and my boss told us that our development cycles at our chips have a certain lifetime. meaning: in like 4-5 years, there probably won't be any work left to do. ugh. i don't want to accept that, like the idea that i might have to look for work at another company if it decides to lay us all off. hopefully, i can trust that the upper management can foresee this, and they can branch out into other emerging markets and transfer us into those areas after our work in our existing segment is done.
do girls like being spanked while they're having sex? or is spanking more of a guy thing, like they like the idea of dishing out some pain and seeing their handprint on a girl's ass while they're pounding from behind? i've seen this in a number of videos, and i never quite got the point of it.
i really enjoyed courtney galiano and gev's hip hop number last night on _sytycd_. it was very smooth and cool. and even though hip hop is right up gev's alley, i actually thought courtney out-danced gev. i watched it three times last night, and my eyes just gravitated towards her. well, part of it is because i think she's very attractive, and it's also because her movements just seemed more eye-catching. man, i'd totally do her.
i think D and i might have a new lunch buddy here at work. there's a new college grad, I, that joined the company two weeks ago. he's from cal, (and so is D), so i'm outnumbered. we took him out to choi's today for lunch, and the cool thing is that he even likes spicy food (he's white, btw). it's funny, though; even though i'm over 10 years older than these two lads, i relate more to them than other coworkers my age. i guess i'm young at heart, or maybe i just refuse to grow up.
i wonder how it feels to have sex with a realdoll. (you know, one of those really expensive lifelike $2000+ dolls.) i mean, when a guy's doing it, does it ever cross his mind, "hey, this is really sad. i'm having sex with an inanimate object." or is he so twisted in the first place that he bought it that he thinks, "ah, you [the doll] are my girlfriend, i love you, hot mama!" and damn, it must be a pain in the ass that every time you fuck it, you have to clean it out, or else it gets all crusty and shit inside. and all of this just reminds me that i need to watch _lars and the real girl_ some time when i have the chance; leeya burned me a copy of the DVD a few weeks ago, and it's sitting on my coffee table.
ok, 6pm. must smoke now. to all you out in the US out there, have STUPENDOUS 4th of july weekend, and i'll see you on monday!